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Main duties of the job
Providing a specialist speech and language therapy service to a designated caseload of children attending mainstream schools. A significant proportion of these children will be bilingual. He/she will be expected to manage their own caseload, travel between schools and clinics and work alongside health and education staff to ensure specialist therapy programmes and education plans are in place for the children under their care.
He/she will be expected to work collaboratively with children/young people (CYP), parents/ carers and with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services in planning and delivery of services.
About us
You will be joining and welcomed into a diverse therapy team who actively promote and advocate for equality and diversity.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for main duties and responsibilities required in this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for main duties and responsibilities required in this post.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- UK Current Health Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
Desirable
- Post graduate short courses in the provision of SLT to school -age children
Experience
Essential
- Experience at undergraduate/post graduate level of working with Children and young people in school settings
- Assessment treatment and management of children with speech, language and communication difficulties in schools.
- Working with parents and carers
- Working within an education environment
- Writing clinical notes and reports
- Managing own caseload
- Teaching other professionals / parents
Desirable
- Clinical audit
- Working with students
- Working with children with eating and drinking difficulties
Skills & knowledge
Essential
- Assessment tools relevant to the CYP with speech language and communication, eating and drinking difficulties.
- Range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the above client group.
- The role of the speech and language therapist in the Education system.
- Roles of other professionals in Health Education and Social Care involved with CYP
- Standards of record keeping and reporting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- UK Current Health Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
Desirable
- Post graduate short courses in the provision of SLT to school -age children
Experience
Essential
- Experience at undergraduate/post graduate level of working with Children and young people in school settings
- Assessment treatment and management of children with speech, language and communication difficulties in schools.
- Working with parents and carers
- Working within an education environment
- Writing clinical notes and reports
- Managing own caseload
- Teaching other professionals / parents
Desirable
- Clinical audit
- Working with students
- Working with children with eating and drinking difficulties
Skills & knowledge
Essential
- Assessment tools relevant to the CYP with speech language and communication, eating and drinking difficulties.
- Range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the above client group.
- The role of the speech and language therapist in the Education system.
- Roles of other professionals in Health Education and Social Care involved with CYP
- Standards of record keeping and reporting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
